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Western powers urge Israeli restraint as response to Iranian attack expected [Video]

Western powers are urging the Israeli government to show restraint in its expected response to the Iranian missile strikes last week.

Officials from Germany, the United Kingdom and elsewhere have asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration not to escalate the situation into an active conflict — but those same officials say Israel is not listening to outside input.

“It’s right to have made our views clear about what should happen next, but it’s clear the Israelis are making a decision to act,” British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, a former prime minister, reported after a Wednesday trip to the Jewish nation. 

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He added, “We hope they do so in a way that does as little to escalate this as possible.”

Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel on Saturday in response to an apparent strike on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria on April …

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